I went to Super Summit IX, at Summit Racing Equipment Saturday, and there was a guy showing his '86 Firebird. Really sweet car, everything looked showroom fresh or better, and I notice that he's got a set of chrome headers on a 2.8 MPFI V6 (nice looking headers, looked like SLP or Edelbrock V8 headers only for a V6) so I had to ask him where they came from. Turns out he bent, welded, and chromed them himself. He said he modeled them after SLP headers. He also said he would never go through the headache of doing it again.

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'86 Camaro SC 2.8 V6, 5spd, T-Tops
Mods:

(Performance)
Flowmaster cat back exhaust

(Non-Performance)
Pioneer DEH-P4000 head unit
Pioneer 6X9 Tri-Ax speakers
Jensen 8" dual voice coil sub
Blacked out tail lights and side markers (VHT
Nightshades spray tint)

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[This message has been edited by BadBowTie (edited June 11, 2001).]

 

All I can say is Hooker Super Comp #2210...IF YOU CAN STILL FIND THEM.

 

does anyone kno how much it would cost to have someone bend metal into a header?

 

It'd be more money than I'd spend, I could tell you that.

 

well I found a set and am trying to negotiate a price as I am writing this so if I get 'em I am soon buying a tubing bender so I may have them soon....

 

Bending isn't the expensive part (it would be the same as bending a custom exhaust) it's the tuning of each tube that gets expensive, and complicated. So first you have to find someone with header fabricating experience (what you are really paying for is their knowledge of tuning header pipes), then you have to have some very deep pockets full of cash

 

well I was just going to take the measurements off the hookers I found and remake them...so I don't have to worry about tuning and all that. Its already done...

 

ok the deals done I got the for a measly 50 bucks plus shipping... not bad if you search 6 auction web sites...